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Mr. Tariq Hyder, Ambassador(R) Fozia Nasreen, Ambassador(R) Akram Zaki, Ambassador(R) 50 Spain National Day celebrated Javed Hassan, Maria Sultan, Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad (EX-Federal Secretary)Chaudhry 52 Culinary arts festival ‘Malaysia Truly Asia’ Faisal Mushtaq (Thagma-e-Imtiaz), Dr. Mirza ikhtiar Baig (Thagma-e-Imtiaz), Shoukat 54 Sahiwal Police receives UNODC Global eLearning Platform Paracha, Malik Yousaf Ali, Ex-Ambassador, Mian Anwar-Ul-Haq Ramay, Ex-Parliamentarian, 55 A farewell reception held at Chinese Embassy in the honor of the outgoing Ilyas Ahmed Chaudhry, CR Shamsi, Fozia Shahid, Mateen Haider, Captian (R) Wasif, Mian Ambassador of China His Excellency Mr. Sun Weiddong. Mahmood Hon: Council General Republic of Moldova 56 5th FPCCI Achievement Award 2017 58 72nd Armed Forces Day of the Republic of Indonesia marked in Islamabad Resident Editors 59 National Day of Czech Republic celebrated in Islamabad Eng. Moshin Ali 1st Floor Office No 50 Gulf Plazza Madina 60 Korea National Foundation and Armed Forces Day marked in Islamabad Street P.O B ox 65454 Jeddah 21556 62 Stunning performance of Korea musicians enthralls at PNCA Cell: +966-506389895 63 Inviting Pakistan to the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics Bureau Office 64 Embassy of Germany marked National Unity Day in Islamabad Qaisar Masood Muhammad Athar 65 Pakistan Ambassador presents credentials to Queen of Denmark Northern Virginia Georgia Israr Masood M. Jamil Rathore 66 H.E. Nguyen Xuan Luu outgoing Ambassador of Vietnam to Pakistan hosted a Goodbye reception in Islamabad Sydney Australia Bureau Chief Jeddah KSA 67 UNODC holds regional conference on migrants Shahid Akbar Toor Cell: +966-502583608 Vehari 68 Romania Armed Forces Day celebrated in Islamabad Mr. Muhammad Muzzammilullah Mian 69 Hungarian National Day celebrated in Islamabad Brussels (Belgium) 70 Austrian national day celebrated in Islamabad Printer 72 Cuban Food and Music Festival charms Islamabad Roohani Art Press, Chughtai Plaza, Fazal-e-Haq Road, 73 Tunisia keen to enhance bilateral trade ties with Pakistan: Envoy Blue Area Islamabad. 74 Mr. Hamid Subhani Elected as a Vice Chairman Pakistan Pakistan Hotel Association Publisher 75 Happy World Tourism Day! 27th September 2017 Mian Fazal Elahi, House No 263-C, Street 87, Sector E-11/2 Islamabad. 76 CPNE-UNDP Best Story Prize Competion Award Ceremony Tel: +92-51-2163092, 2163070, News Room: +92-51-2163029 Mobile: +92-345-5565552, +92-322-5565552 Important Announcement Email: [email protected], [email protected] www.diplomaticfocus.org It has been announced for the general information that Mr. Muhammad Karachi Office: Mobile: +92-321-5558221 Muzzammilullah Mian has been appointed as Bureau chief of the Monthly Price “Diplomatic Focus” Islamabad for the Brussels (Belgium). He is entitled to participate official /non-officials diplomatic(engagements, events, national days, Pakistan $ 6 Middle East 8 Riyal social evenings/gatherings, press conferences/interviews and can be contacted UK £ 6 Schengen State €6 for all kinds of stuff including articles, supplements and advertisements etc). It is Malaysia: $ 8 Canada: $8 requested to all Diplomatic missions and government high officials of Brussels USA: $6 (Belgium), please contact with Mr. Muhammad Muzzammilullah Mian on His Published from Islamabad mailing address RUE EMILE SERGIJSELS 17/0012BRUSSELS 1081 BELGIUM. Mr. Muhammad Cell number: 0032466379427 Email: [email protected] Muzzammilullah Mian Diplomatic Focus November 2017 07 Editorial October 2017 October Mian Fazal Elahi D-8 as the name suggests is a group of developing eight countries including Pakistan, Turkey, Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran, Malaysia, Indonesia and Nigeria. Apart from achieving desired economic goals this organization had a vision to augment its role in decision-making at international level and progress standards of living. D-8 opus stretches from South East Asia to Africa, and is considered more of regional group as its member states are from diverse zones. The Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi while addressing the summit said that, “The 20th Anniversary of the D-8 is an occasion for us to renew our commitment to the accelerated realisation of D-8’s vision and objectives. As a group, the D-8 September 2017 September has